A DNA sequence-based identification checklist for Taiwanese chondrichthyans
Author
Straube, Nicolas
Author
White, William T.
Author
Ho, Hsuan-Ching
Author
Rochel, Elisabeth
Author
Corrigan, Shannon
Author
Li, Chenhong
Author
Naylor, Gavin J. P.
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Zootaxa
2013
3752
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journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.3752.1.16
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1175-5326
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Pseudotriakis microdon
de Brito Capello, 1868
Type
locality: Setubal,
Portugal
, Northeastern Atlantic.
The five Taiwanese samples of
P. microdon
included in this analysis formed a single cluster, distinct from, but sister to, the
P. microdon
samples from the southern
Madagascar
Ridge and the Mid-Atlantic Ridge (
Figure 7
). These results challenge the currently accepted view that this species is circumglobal in distribution (e.g. Compagno
et al.
, 2005) and suggest that the western North Pacific population is distinct from the Northern Atlantic/ southwestern Indian populations. A taxonomic revision of this genus is required to determine whether these two clades represent distinct species and if so, determine whether
Pseudotriakis acrales
Jordan
& Snyder 1904 described from Suruga Bay in
Japan
should be resurrected as a valid species.
Gollum attenuatus
New Zealand
Pacific Ocean GN1470 100 0.03